Answers To Diseases

Sanjay Gupta, arguably America’s most famous physician-correspondent, also “moonlights” as a practicing neurosurgeon.
See him in action in this 5-minute clip from CNN.

I have a piece in The New York Times’ Room for Debate blog, discussing how reforming physician incentives is a key to health reform.

It’s not because of what you think.
The common thought is that health insurers will quiver at the sight of a government plan, with the public option offering lower premiums to patients due to leaner administrative burdens.
But Charlie Baker, CEO of Massachusetts’ Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, isn’t so worried about that. Instead, he first wonders [...]

This may be a recurring nightmare among folks in management positions: a star employee has a problem with body odor… and it’s up to you to talk to them. What do you say? How do you approach the subject tactfully? It’s not an easy one.

As I said when I broke up with my razor, I want to give a few other methods of hair removal a test run. Today I had my first date with a depilatory cream.
The instructions are easy enough: smear on the cream, wash your hands, and wait.

I was seeing patients during the actual speech, so I had to rely on the transcript.
The points that interested me the most were any language pertaining to malpractice, addressing the AMA’s recent concerns about the public plan option, and reforming the physician payment system.

Oprah Winfrey has been taken to task, rightly, by both bloggers and mainstream media on her advice on health issues.
Most prominently is a recent front page story on Newsweek, titled, Live your best life ever!

I was watching The Colbert Report the other day, and caught a segment on an FDA-approved mini-laser that is designed to treat wrinkles around the eyes at home. I’m not so sure I like the idea of trying to use a laser anywhere on my own face… let alone around the eyes.